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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Employees at Google DeepMind in London have voted to unionize as part of a bid to block the AI lab from providing its technology to the US and Israeli militaries. In a letter addressed to Google's managing director for the UK and Ireland, Debbie Weinstein, the workers asked the company to recognize the Communication Workers Union and Unite the Union as joint representatives for DeepMind employees. "Fundamentally, the push for unionization is about holding Google to its own ethical standards on AI, how they monetize it, what the products do, and who they work with," John Chadfield, national officer for technology at the CWU, tells WIRED. "Through the process of unionization, workers are collectively in a much stronger place to put [demands] to an increasingly deaf management."
[...] The DeepMind employee tells WIRED that if the staff succeeds in unionizing in the UK, they will likely demand that Google pulls out of its long-standing contract with the Israeli military, and seek greater transparency over how its AI products will be used, and some sort of assurance relating to layoffs made possible by automation. If Google does not engage, the letter states, the employees will ask an arbitration committee to compel the company to recognize the unions. Since the turn of the year, both Anthropic and OpenAI have announced large-scale expansions of their operations in London. CWU hopes the unionization effort at DeepMind will spur workers at those labs into similar action. "These conversations are happening," claims Chadfield. "The workers at other frontier labs have seen what Google DeepMind workers have done. They've come to us asking for help as well." The unionization push began in February 2025 after Alphabet removed a pledge from its AI ethics guidelines that had barred uses such as weapons development and surveillance. "A lot of people here bought into the Google DeepMind tagline 'to build AI responsibly to benefit humanity,'" the DeepMind employee told WIRED. "The direction of travel is to further militarization of the AI models we're building here."
[...] The DeepMind employee tells WIRED that if the staff succeeds in unionizing in the UK, they will likely demand that Google pulls out of its long-standing contract with the Israeli military, and seek greater transparency over how its AI products will be used, and some sort of assurance relating to layoffs made possible by automation. If Google does not engage, the letter states, the employees will ask an arbitration committee to compel the company to recognize the unions. Since the turn of the year, both Anthropic and OpenAI have announced large-scale expansions of their operations in London. CWU hopes the unionization effort at DeepMind will spur workers at those labs into similar action. "These conversations are happening," claims Chadfield. "The workers at other frontier labs have seen what Google DeepMind workers have done. They've come to us asking for help as well." The unionization push began in February 2025 after Alphabet removed a pledge from its AI ethics guidelines that had barred uses such as weapons development and surveillance. "A lot of people here bought into the Google DeepMind tagline 'to build AI responsibly to benefit humanity,'" the DeepMind employee told WIRED. "The direction of travel is to further militarization of the AI models we're building here."
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Gartner says some VMware customers may find it cheaper to move certain Linux VM workloads to IBM mainframes than to adopt Broadcom's new VMware licensing, especially for fleets of hundreds of Linux VMs and mission-critical apps needing long-term stability. The Register reports: Speaking to The Register to discuss the analyst firm's mid-April publication, "The State of the IBM Mainframe in 2026," [Gartner Vice President Analyst Alessandro Galimberti] said some buyers in many fields are comparing mainframes to modern environments and deciding Big Blue's big iron comes out ahead. "I can build a multi-region cloud application, but things like data synchronization and high availability are things I need to build into application logic," he said. "The mainframe has that in the platform, which shields developers from complexity." He also thinks mainframes are ideally suited to workloads that need many years of transactional consistency and backward-compatibility.
That said, Galimberti doesn't recommend the mainframe for all applications. He said mission-critical applications that are unlikely to change much for a decade are best-suited to the machines, as are Linux applications because the open source OS runs on IBM's hardware. IBM also offers the z/VM hypervisor, which he says can make Linux "even better and more enterprise-ready." Which is why Galimberti thinks IBM's ecosystem is attractive to VMware users, especially those who operate a fleet of 500 to 700 Linux VMs. [...]
Committing to mainframes therefore means planning "to spend time negotiating price and renewal protections, rather than prioritizing the business value these solutions can deliver." Another downside is that mainframes pose clear lock-in risk, so users may hold back on useful customizations out of fear they make it harder to extricate themselves from the platform. Access to skills remains an issue, too, as kids these days mostly don't contemplate a career working with big iron. Galimberti sees more service providers investing in their mainframe programs, which might help. So does the availability of Linux.
That said, Galimberti doesn't recommend the mainframe for all applications. He said mission-critical applications that are unlikely to change much for a decade are best-suited to the machines, as are Linux applications because the open source OS runs on IBM's hardware. IBM also offers the z/VM hypervisor, which he says can make Linux "even better and more enterprise-ready." Which is why Galimberti thinks IBM's ecosystem is attractive to VMware users, especially those who operate a fleet of 500 to 700 Linux VMs. [...]
Committing to mainframes therefore means planning "to spend time negotiating price and renewal protections, rather than prioritizing the business value these solutions can deliver." Another downside is that mainframes pose clear lock-in risk, so users may hold back on useful customizations out of fear they make it harder to extricate themselves from the platform. Access to skills remains an issue, too, as kids these days mostly don't contemplate a career working with big iron. Galimberti sees more service providers investing in their mainframe programs, which might help. So does the availability of Linux.
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Continue reading...Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood join Conan O’Brien to discuss forthcoming album Foreign Tongues
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Weer voor Rotterdam ☁️ - 06-05-2026 01:16 CEST
In één oogopslag:
• 10.4°C · Bewolkt ☁️ | Min 10.4°C / Max 16.9°C
Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 10.4°C, Max 16.9°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1009.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 18.7 km/u (5.2 m/s), richting: ↙ 27°
Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:
• 02:00: 10.3°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1009.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 15.8 km/u (4.4 m/s), richting: ↓ 14°
• 03:00: 10.1°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1009.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 17.6 km/u (4.9 m/s), richting: ↓ 8°
• 04:00: 9.9°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1008.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 17.3 km/u (4.8 m/s), richting: ↓ 6°
• 05:00: 10.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1008.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 16.2 km/u (4.5 m/s), richting: ↓ 3°
• 06:00: 10.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1008.6 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 15.5 km/u (4.3 m/s), richting: ↓ 6°
• 07:00: 10.4°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 3%, 🧭 1008.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 15.1 km/u (4.2 m/s), richting: ↓ 10°
• 08:00: 10.2°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.5 mm, Kans op neerslag 4%, 🧭 1008.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.8 km/u (4.1 m/s), richting: ↓ 4°
• 09:00: 10.7°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 4%, 🧭 1008.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.7 km/u (3.8 m/s), richting: ↓ 2°
• 10:00: 12.1°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 3%, 🧭 1008.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.4 km/u (4.0 m/s), richting: ↓ 11°
• 11:00: 13.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1009.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.7 km/u (3.8 m/s), richting: ↓ 15°
• 12:00: 14.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1009.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 17.6 km/u (4.9 m/s), richting: ↙ 38°
• 13:00: 14.9°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1009.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 16.9 km/u (4.7 m/s), richting: ↙ 42°
Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:
• donderdag 07 mei: Min 9.9°C, Max 15.5°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.6 mm, Kans op neerslag 3%, 🧭 1015.2 hPa ↗️ +5.8 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 17.6 km/u (4.9 m/s), richting: ↙ 31°
• vrijdag 08 mei: Min 8.1°C, Max 16.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1017.7 hPa ↗️ +2.5 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 15.8 km/u (4.4 m/s), richting: ↓ 5°
• zaterdag 09 mei: Min 9.8°C, Max 17.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1018.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 12.6 km/u (3.5 m/s), richting: ← 92°
• zondag 10 mei: Min 9.5°C, Max 21.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 18%, 🧭 1013.3 hPa ↘️ -4.7 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 13.4 km/u (3.7 m/s), richting: ↙ 66°
• maandag 11 mei: Min 11.9°C, Max 19.6°C (Zware motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 5.4 mm, Kans op neerslag 36%, 🧭 1003.4 hPa ↘️ -9.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 15.6 km/u (4.3 m/s), richting: ↙ 45°
• dinsdag 12 mei: Min 7.3°C, Max 12.4°C (Lichte regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 17.9 mm, Kans op neerslag 39%, 🧭 1004.0 hPa ↗️ +0.6 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 20.3 km/u (5.6 m/s), richting: ↓ 345°
Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 01:15): 10.4°C (Bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 6.7°C (-3.7°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 15.5 km/u (4.3 m/s), richting: ↓ 19°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 30.2 km/h (8.4 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 67%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1009.5 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 21.5 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.0
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 06:04 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 21:12
Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 41 🟢 (Goed)
• PM2.5: 4.6 μg/m³
• PM10: 8.5 μg/m³
Gegevens geleverd door Open-Meteo
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In één oogopslag:
• 10.4°C · Bewolkt ☁️ | Min 10.4°C / Max 16.9°C
Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 10.4°C, Max 16.9°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1009.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 18.7 km/u (5.2 m/s), richting: ↙ 27°
Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:
• 02:00: 10.3°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1009.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 15.8 km/u (4.4 m/s), richting: ↓ 14°
• 03:00: 10.1°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1009.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 17.6 km/u (4.9 m/s), richting: ↓ 8°
• 04:00: 9.9°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1008.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 17.3 km/u (4.8 m/s), richting: ↓ 6°
• 05:00: 10.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1008.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 16.2 km/u (4.5 m/s), richting: ↓ 3°
• 06:00: 10.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1008.6 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 15.5 km/u (4.3 m/s), richting: ↓ 6°
• 07:00: 10.4°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 3%, 🧭 1008.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 15.1 km/u (4.2 m/s), richting: ↓ 10°
• 08:00: 10.2°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.5 mm, Kans op neerslag 4%, 🧭 1008.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.8 km/u (4.1 m/s), richting: ↓ 4°
• 09:00: 10.7°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 4%, 🧭 1008.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.7 km/u (3.8 m/s), richting: ↓ 2°
• 10:00: 12.1°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 3%, 🧭 1008.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.4 km/u (4.0 m/s), richting: ↓ 11°
• 11:00: 13.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1009.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.7 km/u (3.8 m/s), richting: ↓ 15°
• 12:00: 14.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1009.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 17.6 km/u (4.9 m/s), richting: ↙ 38°
• 13:00: 14.9°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1009.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 16.9 km/u (4.7 m/s), richting: ↙ 42°
Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:
• donderdag 07 mei: Min 9.9°C, Max 15.5°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.6 mm, Kans op neerslag 3%, 🧭 1015.2 hPa ↗️ +5.8 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 17.6 km/u (4.9 m/s), richting: ↙ 31°
• vrijdag 08 mei: Min 8.1°C, Max 16.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1017.7 hPa ↗️ +2.5 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 15.8 km/u (4.4 m/s), richting: ↓ 5°
• zaterdag 09 mei: Min 9.8°C, Max 17.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1018.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 12.6 km/u (3.5 m/s), richting: ← 92°
• zondag 10 mei: Min 9.5°C, Max 21.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 18%, 🧭 1013.3 hPa ↘️ -4.7 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 13.4 km/u (3.7 m/s), richting: ↙ 66°
• maandag 11 mei: Min 11.9°C, Max 19.6°C (Zware motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 5.4 mm, Kans op neerslag 36%, 🧭 1003.4 hPa ↘️ -9.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 15.6 km/u (4.3 m/s), richting: ↙ 45°
• dinsdag 12 mei: Min 7.3°C, Max 12.4°C (Lichte regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 17.9 mm, Kans op neerslag 39%, 🧭 1004.0 hPa ↗️ +0.6 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 20.3 km/u (5.6 m/s), richting: ↓ 345°
Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 01:15): 10.4°C (Bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 6.7°C (-3.7°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 15.5 km/u (4.3 m/s), richting: ↓ 19°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 30.2 km/h (8.4 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 67%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1009.5 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 21.5 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.0
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 06:04 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 21:12
Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 41 🟢 (Goed)
• PM2.5: 4.6 μg/m³
• PM10: 8.5 μg/m³
Gegevens geleverd door Open-Meteo
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Backed by private equity and banking giants, it will build custom AI systems for business bottlenecks
There’s gold in midmarket IT spend, and Anthropic - backed by private equity and banking heavyweights and tapping its Claude Partner Network - is coming for it.…
